Earlier this week, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young emerged victorious from her year-long defamation proceedings against former MP David Leyonhjelm. The judge agreed that his comments had attempted to “publ…
90% of young women think female politicians are treated unfairly, Plan International survey finds
Plan International CEO Susanne Legena has described Senator Sarah Hanson-Young’s defamation win against former Senator David Leyonhjelm as a sorely needed “watershed moment” for the fight to rid polit…
The PM telling women to ‘contact the police’ is not good enough. Leaders must act on sexual harassment allegations
How many more women need to flay themselves publicly and disclose experiences of sexual harassment before leaders take action? Kristine Ziwica reflects on Australia’s long overdue #MPToo moment. On T…
Bogan in the eye of the beholder: the curious case of Rebel Wilson.
By David Nichols, University of Melbourne and Victoria Kolankiewicz, University of Melbourne The current legal action between Bauer Media and actress Rebel Wilson has created yet another opportunity f…
Latham, Legs-It and how to respond to flame throwing
If Sky News presenters have KPI’s linked to starting as many fires as possible then Mark Latham must be hard to beat. In the past fortnight alone he has lobbed bombs at his colleague Kristina Ke…
